In my case, VLC is not affected, but Totem, Nautilus, Firefox and Shotwell are. Any video file makes them crash with the following Gstreamer error message:
"GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_structure_new_empty: assertion 'gst_structure_validate_name (name)' failed" I installed all the bad and ugly plugins possible, to no avail. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374841 Title: gstreamer crashes when opening WMA files Status in rhythmbox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Totem, Rhythmbox and VLC all crash immediately upon trying to load any WMA audio file. On the command line, Totem throws the following error: (totem:7461): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_structure_new_empty: assertion 'gst_structure_validate_name (name)' failed Segmentation fault (core dumped) Ubuntu release: 14.04 gstreamer version: apt-cache policy ubuntu-restricted-extras ubuntu-restricted-extras: Installed: 60 Candidate: 60 Version table: *** 60 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status What I expected to happen: The WMA audio files should play. What happened instead: Every media player that uses gstreamer crashes immediately upon trying to open a WMA audio file. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1374841/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp